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Bookmark or Share- School Bus Safety - National Transportation Safety BoardSeat Belt s on School Buses School buses use a unique technology called compartmentalization—a passive occupant protection system to protect children in crash. School bus seats are made with an energy-absorbing steel inner structure and high, padded seat backs, and are secured to the school bus floor.
- NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARDconducted three crash tests on prestandard (manufactured before April 1977) large school buses.3 A variety of dummy types and sizes were used in the tests, as well as a number of different belts, restraint bars, and air bags. The researchers concluded that the high seatback (28 inches) was the most important safety feature for large school buses,
- Selective Issues in School Bus Transportation Safety: Crashes in ...Every day, nearly 600,000 buses carry more than 25 million students to and from school and activities. Children are safer traveling in school buses than in any other vehicle. Although school buses are extremely safe, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) continues to investigate school bus crashes in which fatalities and injuries occur.
- School bus accident in Chattanooga, TN - National Transportation Safety ...On Monday, November 21, 2016, about 3:20 p.m. (eastern daylighttime), a 2008 Thomas Built Buses 84-passenger school bus was traveling south in the 300 block of Talley Road, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, when it departed the roadway, rolled onto its right side, and struck a tree The school bus, operated by Durham School Services, under contract to the Hamilton County Department of Education (HCDE ...
- Examining the Federal Role in Improving School Bus Safetyschool buses report additional improvements beyond occupant protection reduced , including driver distraction and improved student behavior. However, to date, there is no federal requirement for large school buses to be equipped with lap/shoulder belts, and most states do not require them. 5 NTSB. Bus Crashworthiness. NTSB/SIR-99/04.
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